Chapter 176: The troubles of happiness and social experiments
Nowadays, productivity has increased so fast that ordinary people have not kept up!
Is this considered a happy worry?
It is no exaggeration to say that the products in some laboratories in Yangcheng, if not for the revival of spiritual energy, if everything develops normally, they may be products of the 1980s and 1990s, or they may be products of the 22nd century or even the 20th century.
Products of Three Worlds.
But today, have the people of Daxia reached the level of ordinary people in the 22nd or even the 23rd century in terms of their personal qualities and ideological concepts?
Perhaps in the twenty-third century, any worker's scientific literacy or personal work ability, given the advanced education level at that time, would be several generations ahead of today's workers.
Maybe, what is needed at that time is not the brick movers or the coolies, but the talents to operate the intelligent robots.
But are such talents available today?
how many?
"Every era has its own characteristics and production relations that conform to that era. Productivity determines production relations." At this point, Xiong Yan shut up.
Although his words were only the beginning, Chu Xuan understood his thoughts and nodded.
"It is true that many of the advanced technologies in today's laboratories cannot be taken out directly. Even if they are to be taken out, they have to be done step by step and slowly."
If it were rolled out in one fell swoop, those who use labor force and those who sell labor force would all be laid off.
But what do they do after they are laid off? Will the state support them?
The money distribution this time is actually just a small attempt.
Because, with the current productivity of some laboratories in Yangcheng, it is enough to feed the entire people of Daxia, even if none of them work.
Their daily needs can be met by robot production alone!
Part of the future expected by the sages in their works has been realized - the productive forces are extremely developed!
Unknowingly, Daxia has reached the threshold mentioned by the sages when predicting the future - an era of extremely developed productivity and extremely abundant material conditions, an era in which everyone can ensure a sufficient material life without working.
, in fact it’s already here!
But what kind of social relationships are needed in an era like this?
In such an era, where should people go?
If everyone can obtain basic material living security without working, how will the future of the entire Great Xia change?
It is out of this confusion and out of exploration that this currency policy was adopted, and also to see what choices ordinary people would make subconsciously.
Unfortunately, their choice made Xiong Yan and Chu Xuan feel that there was a long way to go!
"Last year, Daxia achieved the goal of lifting all people out of poverty. At that time, efforts were made in many aspects. At that time, it was often seen that some grassroots civil servants went directly to the countryside to help the rural poor get rid of poverty."
"But even so, there are still a considerable number of people who have not escaped poverty. So in the end, Daxia directly took the responsibility and provided money to help them escape poverty."
"This is actually the society of different eras, with different methods of protecting people. The more the society develops, the richer Daxia becomes, the higher the standard of protecting people at the bottom."
In the feudal society, productivity was not up to par, and the court at that time could not give the common people the truth.
Even the Great Song Dynasty in the dreams of many literati seemed to have institutions for the elderly, as well as kindergartens and orphanages. However, considering the actual productivity of the Great Song Dynasty, it may be that these institutions can really be found near Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.
Play the role of nursing homes, kindergartens, and orphanages.
Last summer, we had already begun to provide relief to the poor.
This is actually a kind of progress.
By analogy, one day in the future, when Daxia develops even more powerfully, will it further provide assurance to ordinary people?
"Daxia's GDP last year was 15.8 trillion U.S. dollars. If one day, Daxia's GDP becomes a hundred times its original value and reaches 1580 trillion U.S. dollars, then,
It can be said that it is easy to take out a fraction of 80 trillion U.S. dollars to cover the entire population..."
The total population of Daxia is only 1.4 billion. Such a huge amount of money is divided equally on everyone's head. An ordinary person can get more than 50,000 US dollars.
Of course, it may not be more than $50,000 in cash, but more than $50,000 in productivity.
And one U.S. dollar can be exchanged for more than six yuan.
In other words, when the productivity of Daxia has expanded to a hundred times as much as it is today, even if the remainder is taken out, the average person will be able to enjoy productivity worth three to four hundred thousand yuan a year.
If a person can spend three to four hundred thousand a year on his personal life, can his life be considered wealthy?
Xiong Yan feels that if we look at it according to current standards, it is definitely okay!
Many thrifty billionaires can’t spend even one million a year for a family of three!
Hearing this, Chu Xuan picked up a skewer and ate it bite by bite: "If the products in the laboratories of Jiang Ju, Lu Zhou, Jizhen, Bai Mo, and Guan Ming are fully developed and utilized,
Then Daxia's GDP will soon reach a hundred times its previous level."
"But, are we really ready?"
Maybe in one or two years, Daxia's productivity will be a hundred times that of last year.
Then come up with a mantissa to get the bottom line, all people can live the life of a billionaire two years ago, and then what?
Social collapse?
People are doing nothing?
Xiong Yan shook his head directly: "This reminds me of the college entrance examination."
"Before the college entrance examination, we were all the most outstanding, hard-working, good-character, most willpowerful and most perseverant."
Junior high school is the peak of physical strength, high school is the peak of intelligence, college is the peak of hard work, and elementary school is the peak of appearance. Although these words are a bit biased, there are still many people who agree with them.
"After the college entrance examination, we became wild and relaxed. Then when we went to the university campus, no one cared about us. The teachers didn't care about you, the parents didn't care about you, they couldn't care about you, and the classmates no one cared about you."
Then a large number of college students become decadent!
Over time, a consensus has been formed: most college students seem to have the strongest knowledge before the college entrance examination.
When we were in high school, we studied until twelve o'clock every night and got up at six o'clock in the morning. The hard study and hard work did not hit us in high school.
On the contrary, it was the relaxation after the college entrance examination that easily defeated us.
And this time, if the products in the laboratory are put into reality in just one or two years, will it be like the college entrance examination, where the good qualities accumulated by the people of Daxia over the past thousands of years will be given to them all at once?
Run out?
In this way, a few years or ten years from now, will this generation be playing virtual reality games, eating delicacies from all over the world, stroking their big bellies, helplessly looking at the setting sun and saying: "I was the most beautiful person back then."
The time when you have perseverance is when you work every day before your spiritual energy recovers."
Xiong Yan feels dizzy when he thinks of such a future!
Really big head!
If we don’t handle this crisis well, Daxia will be doomed!
It wasn’t death at the hands of a country across the sea, or aliens suddenly descending from the sky and destroying the whole of Daxia with technology that Daxia couldn’t resist, but glory and wealth corroding people’s hearts!
Gentle Township is the Tomb of Heroes!
"First do some experiments in the virtual world, just the Liaozhai world."
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Liaozhai
It started out as Guobei County. After the world was upgraded, the area changed from one county to one county. There are seven or eight counties in the southeast, northwest, and there are mountains, rivers, and a large population.
Since the banished immortal came to the world, the world of Liaozhai has been unified again, those gangs have been eliminated, and those who are rich and unkind have also been judged.
Xiong Yan, on the other hand, conferred the title of ninth-grade Taoist priest and seventh-grade Taoist priest. These Taoists and Taoist priests joined forces and produced a huge amount of productivity.
Therefore, the lives of ordinary people are getting better and better.
But in essence, the reason why they can live a good life is not because of how powerful these people are, nor because of how excellent today's social system is, but because the entire Liaozhai world is taken care of by Xiong Yan.
Since the conquest of Liaozhai World, a large number of researchers have entered every night. After they enter, they will obtain the title of a ninth-grade Taoist, and then they can enjoy the fun of extraordinary beings.
When they summoned a fireball at will, when they used Taoist magic to directly enlighten the wooden cows and flowing horses to make them work actively, I don't know how many people's eyes were shocked.
For the local people, they don't know the twists and turns here. They only know a very simple truth - when the banished immortal comes, all the bad guys will die, and they can have enough to eat.
As long as you work hard and are willing to work, you can have enough to eat. The common people have never imagined such a day.
Because this was impossible before!
In the past, it was normal to work hard all year long and then often not have enough to eat or clothes to keep warm.
Then when there is a bad year, if you are lucky, you can survive it. If you are not lucky, you can only sell your land.
If even the land is sold out, then you have no choice but to sell yourself!
Sell yourself!
Sell yourself to a wealthy family as a tenant or servant.
Anyway, it has been very painful.
But today, I am so happy that I can't even imagine it.
What these people don't know is that Xiong Yan will soon issue a decree that they can't believe even more.
"Here's the thing, it's a sociological experiment."
"The purpose of this experiment is to explore what kind of production system and what kind of social relations are applicable when productivity is extremely abundant."
"Everyone can share their ideas. In the end, we will choose some of them and implement them in the world of Liaozhai."
Today's Liaozhai world is a county-level virtual world. For a moment, it is March here.
And because Xiong Yan has been supporting the Liaozhai World, the Liaozhai World continues to absorb some of the humane energy from Daxia in the main world, so that its life span continues to be extended.
Therefore, as of now, there is no need to worry about the lifespan of Liaozhai World.
In reality, one month is ninety months in Liao Zhai World, which is seven and a half years. In reality, two months is fifteen years in Liao Zhai World!
Xiong Yan first came to Liaozhai World at the end of January, Liaozhai World was upgraded at the end of February, and today is already April 17th.
Roughly speaking, a full forty-seven days have passed since the world was upgraded, which means that more than eleven years have passed.
"In the past eleven years, we have also tried to climb the science and technology tree in Liaozhai World. Although many scientific and technological achievements cannot be reproduced in this world because the composition of the basic materials is different, basic products such as artificial fertilizers and chemical fertilizers have been realized.
mass production.”
"Coupled with the extraordinary power of this world, we can feed all the people in Liaozhai. Even if all the people don't work, we can still afford to support them."
But on this basis, how should society function?
If ordinary people can live without working, then why don't those Taoists lie down?
If Taoists also want to lie down, will the prosperity of the Liaozhai world disappear directly like flowers in the moonlight in the mirror?
"We can use Taoist magic, humane energy, talismans, spiritual treasures, spiritual roots and other extraordinary resources as rewards to induce them."
At this point, Taoist Changkong explained: "What I mean is that even if productivity is extremely abundant, all it can satisfy are ordinary material needs."
"Like food, clothing, housing and transportation, these are only our most basic needs. Even if the productivity is very developed and abundant, it is actually just enough to allow everyone to have food and drink. It does not mean that we have nearly infinite resources, such as extraordinary resources, which are still extremely limited.
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"For a practitioner like me, even if all my needs for food, clothing, housing and transportation are met, and even if I can get it all by lying down, I will still do my best to pursue immortality and transcendence."
"So, for me, I will not lie down, but I will continue to work hard and continue to struggle."
"By analogy, longevity and longevity may be the needs of everyone. But even the combination of controllable nuclear fusion and artificial intelligence can only meet the basic material needs. If you want to live forever, it is impossible to do it with the current level of science and technology.
Arrived."
"As long as human beings still have desires, there is no need to worry about the collapse of society. Of course, it is not ruled out that some people will completely lie down and enjoy a lifetime of happiness, but those with lofty ideals will definitely work harder towards their goals on this basis.
go ahead."
Hearing this, Peng Bing nodded: "Actually, the most indispensable thing in this world is ideas, and the most indispensable thing is talent. Theoretically speaking, everyone is a genius and everyone is a talent."
"I remember when I was a child, I read a joke, I don't know whether it is true or not. The joke said that when Hua Lao saw a mother slap her son because of his curiosity, he sighed and said that the future Hua Lao was dead.
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"I won't discuss whether this joke is true or false, but to be honest, everyone's talents may be different."
"For example, Jiang Ju, your talent is in studying science and studying hard, so even before your spiritual energy is revived, you can get a direct doctorate and graduate with a doctorate at the age of twenty-four. What an amazing achievement."
Hearing this, Jiang Ju smiled slightly.
However, Peng Bing changed the topic: "But if you live in an era of precarious war, what the court needs at that time may not be well-educated people but warriors and generals."
"Then you go to practice martial arts or join the army. At that time, you may be just an ordinary person, and no one will think that you, an ordinary woman, is a genius."